Test 11 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies
Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." What's the kind and fair reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, she, kind reply · What happens: not be, lie, buy, be
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ill | nsubj:outer |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 ill | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 ill | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ill | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ill | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 ill | advmod |
| 8 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lying | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lying | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lying | aux |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 lying | advmod |
| 13 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 ill | conj |
| 14 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 16 one | case |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 one | det |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lying | obl |
| 17 | bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 tickets | amod |
| 18 | tickets | ticket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 one | nmod |
| 19 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 13 lying | discourse |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 ill | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 ill | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | Your mate | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lie in a quote | present · progressive | she | cos no one bought tickets | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | buy in a quote | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's the kind and fair reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reply | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reply | amod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fair | cc |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kind | conj |
| 7 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She deserves it for cancelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deserves | nsubj |
| 2 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 deserves | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 cancelling | case |
| 5 | cancelling | cancelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 deserves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | She | it | for cancelling | tree rules |
Option 2
You're right, singers always lie about that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lie | punct |
| 5 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lie | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 lie | advmod |
| 7 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 that | case |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lie | present | singers | about that; always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about that=Location |
Option 3
Let's post that on her page
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 post | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 page | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 page | nmod:poss |
| 7 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 post | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | post | infinitive | 's not said here | that | her page | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | |||
| 3 | page | her = she | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She said she's ill; don't swap it for a meaner guess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ill | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | cop |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 swap | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 swap | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 swap | advmod |
| 9 | swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 swap | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 guess | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 guess | det |
| 13 | meaner | mean | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 guess | amod |
| 14 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swap | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not swap | infinitive · do-support | it | for a meaner guess | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for guess=Co-Theme |
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